diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 3e33f8cefad401ffe952b06f85813412380c8b6d..70dc3d3cca6c2041f7a8b6bdf2264b80b0453630 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ show_help(){
   echo "  --disable-iwmmxt         disable iwmmxt usage"
   echo "  --disable-altivec        disable AltiVec usage"
   echo "  --disable-audio-oss      disable OSS audio support [default=no]"
-  echo "  --disable-audio-beos     disable BeOS audio support [default=no]"
   echo "  --disable-bktr           disable bktr video grabbing [default=no]"
   echo "  --disable-network        disable network support [default=no]"
   echo "  --disable-ipv6           disable ipv6 support [default=no]"
@@ -585,7 +584,6 @@ COMPONENT_LIST="
 
 CONFIG_LIST="
     $COMPONENT_LIST
-    audio_beos
     audio_oss
     avisynth
     beos_netserver
@@ -1106,7 +1104,7 @@ case $targetos in
     LDCONFIG="echo ignoring ldconfig"
     SHFLAGS=-nostart
     # enable BeOS things
-    disabled audio_beos || enable_audio_beos
+    audio_beos="yes"
     # no need for libm, but the inet stuff
     # Check for BONE
     # XXX: actually should check for NOT net_server